Episode 115

Awakening Practices from PRACTICAL WORK ON SELF, "Struggle of the Sorcerers", Part One

In this episode, participants, THE THREE-HEADED MAN explores their own nature.

They examine the struggle of the sorcerer, a conceptual framework involving the Prince of Light and the Prince of Darkness who represent opposing internal forces of sleep and awakening. A central theme is the presence of organic buffers, which are psychological mechanisms that separate contradictory identities within a person to prevent feelings of madness. The speakers suggest that humans are often fragmented, possessing multiple personas that remain unaware of one another due to these mental barriers. To achieve redemption and transform the "biological machine," they propose a confessional storytelling process to expose and reconcile these internal inconsistencies.

Ultimately, the text warns that the parts of ourselves we find most familiar may actually be the greatest obstacles to spiritual work.

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Fred M Schill

I like to do. I like to make things. And, I like telling stories. I tell stories to myself and to others.

First, a short biography, which is, of course, is a story. I was born in Cleveland, played sports, and attended university. Later, after a few years in the radio business, I returned to university to study education and literature.

With a teaching certificate in my file folder, I began working in high schools, first as a strike-breaking scab substitute teacher in Cleveland's far suburbs, and then in Chicago, mostly in private high schools.

Cleveland and Chicago. My two main towns, and I escaped them both. Presently, I live in a tiny, isolated, mountain village in Spain. I am reluctant to write the name of the town because I don't like tourists. When the tourists arrive, they look at me as if I am an animal in a zoo.